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[–]hufflepuff-poet 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But we can punish doctors who sell patients this lie. Informed consent should require patient's understanding that this is a cosmetic surgery, what the complications are and that it will NOT change their sex or gender in any way. If they still choose to get it, then that's on the patient. But I think surgeons who perform these surgeries should lose their licenses, especially with how uninformed their patients are of the predictably terrifying complications.

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Absolutely.

The medical professionals involved need to be held accountable.

Transitioning is body modification, not medicine. How many doctors are willing to castrate a healthy man just because the patient prefers the look? Not many, because that would be irresponsible at best. But if the patient claims to be a woman, suddenly it's not irresponsible anymore? Suddenly it's not a ridiculous request?